The individual facing reality. The sociogenesis of the political vocation

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to understand political vocation as a sociogenetic phenomenon that emerges from the process of social construction of reality experienced by individuals during their biographical trajectory. It is based on the assumption that as a consequence of the factors that intervene in the unavoidable interaction between the individual and the social order imposed on him, he assumes a position in relation to reality that implies his own political vocation. Taking as a precedent the approaches made by Max Weber regarding vocation and political vocation, the approach to the object of study is made from the sociological perspective of social constructionism that is part of the sociology of knowledge and that was contributed by the Austrian social theorists Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann. Finally, the possibility is raised that an approach such as the one attempted here can contribute to a greater understanding and analysis of political identity and ideology today,

as well as lay the theoretical foundations for the construction of a typology of political vocation.